Thanks to lobbying by Federated Farmers, the Government has announced relief for quake-hit farmers.

Rain has swept in and saved the summer - and it was perfect.

People are quick to point the finger where drugs are concerned writes Dom George

COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.

Last Thursday, Environment Minister Nick Smith released a consultation document, Clean Water, setting out proposals for improving

We all want to be able to swim in our local rivers when the weather is right, and New Zealand is the perfect place with so many on offer.

COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: The $80,000 bill for a Trump Inauguration Gala was money well spent.

Last week my sister and I had a good chat about her plans to buy a house. But we eventually came to the real reason for her call

Discussion around the state of water quality in New Zealand is not short of an opinion or two. Yet when it comes to the science, we're

We cannot keep growing our farming impacts indefinitely, writes John Hart.

In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Kebab-quaffer Dom George can't work out what a vegan would chow down on after a big night.

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

A lot of areas of our life are governed by the clock and the calendar - especially our working lives. As a lawyer I am often asked

I am a sheep and beef farmer and was on the farm on Monday the 13th just gone. When Jamie Mackay of The Country radio show rang

The best questions are seldom asked. Try to answer to this one. A while ago we considered amalgamating all five Hawke's Bay councils. No

On arriving back at work after the summer holidays I was asked by the NFR editorial team to write an overview of the year ahead, focusing

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2016 was "post truth politics". Not strictly a word but, in the same vein, this year

Thanks to our world class land-based industries Hawke's Bay is a prosperous place. Why will it not remain so? But those industries

Summer - with its lower flows and generally better weather - is when farmers often carry out works in and around waterways. These

The prolonged summer dry should have us all into summer management mode. There are three things that should be well under way. 1

I'm not sure how many people actually still make New Year's resolutions. I'm good at remembering that something I've done was a New

Parts of New Zealand are currently on fire, under water, or dealing with drought or earthquakes. We live in a group of seismically

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

In a world of urban/rural "he said-she said" could Fonterra actually be winning the PR battle for farmers?

There was a feeling of unease in the newsroom on Monday morning as sirens starting screaming and the wind whipped around the building. We